The Brazillian architectural firm of Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz have designed the Grid House.

For Electrabel, Belgium’s Famous installed the world’s hottest billboard at Brussels Airport. Thermal imaging cameras filming the passing travellers, their energy is directly shown on 42 lcd screens.

The 2nd animation promoting the debut novel from James Palumbo.

Mark Pritchard´s Bridge House gently touches the soil, almost levitating over the wild australian forest.

Students of University Twente are also going to streak across the Australian outback for this year's World Solar Challenge. With their new tilting solar car the 21revolution. Direct competition for the students from Delft, see post 22897

Elk & Wolf Chardonnay - packaging designed by SocialUK - love the little silhouettes

Super cute TEAK ICE CREAM SCOOP! by Chabatree

Orange & Kaleidoscope Create Solar Tent Concept - Every year, UK communications company Orange creates solar concept tents for Glastonbury.

Dynamic (hand powered) Lamp by Karin Johansson

Students at the Tulane University School of Architecture are doing a nice work. So far this year, they have built a Green Pavillion, a Farmer's Market and a LEED certified house in New Orleans.

Electronic ruler. The idea behind this rules is combining values of a traditional ruler, with advantages of a digital interface.

Jean Paul Gaultier makes a cameo in the fun music video for 'Boys & Girls', shot at his couture house in Paris.

Amanda Mocci is converting an environmental problem like plastic bags into a permanent material.

Among the most overlooked aspects of architecture, the ceiling can truly be a thing of beauty. Here are ten breathtaking ceilings that every fan of design must see.

DGPH studio presents TOPO: 64 illustrated pages, in comic format, filled with short stories leading to nothing and amazing illustrations!

For the daydream jetsetter - world landmarks acrylic ring set - by Plastique

Field Notes - now in GREEN! Limited edition color that is available only through the subscription service!

Yadegar Asisi has created the world`s largest panorama: 31x106 meters!

Stunning! Sneak peek at Sam Flores' illustration for OM Records 15th Anniversary compilation album release.

Joints Brand packaging designed by Base - in response to the question: “What would a pack of marijuana cigarettes look like after legalization?”

Original javascript ascii animation for text addicts on the iphone.

Off Duty Ninja! Adorable painting from Kevin Dart (Available tonight at the Yuki 7 opening at Gallery Nucleus!)

Marc Newson has been inspired by the complexity of fractals in his latest design collaboration with Boucheron.

Patrick Gannon - “Until That Day, I Make My Home Down Here” - cut and torn paper/wood ~ part of the Gallery 1988 Battle Royal show

Dolores Chiller ~ the new COOLER from Timbuk2 that looks like a messenger bag.

As Aventuras de Zé Ninguém e Cão Viralata AKA The Adventures of Joe Nobody and the Pooch Dog! It’s a street comic - a narrative graffiti adventure!

O*GE's Enchanting Solar-powered Night Garden, at the first 'Light in Jerusalem Festival' June 10-16, 2009 - Videos and photos of this exciting installation. By Gaston Zahr & Merav Eitan.

Anti is a multi-disciplinary design agency who works with brand identity, art direction, packaging, print, illustration and interactive design.

Persepolis 2.0: Recreated by protestors in Iran, the new version of Persepolis shows us the country's current crisis. Free for on-line reading too!

Chicago's Sears Tower has unveiled glass balconies at 1,353 feet. Could you step out onto one of these?

New eco-themed line of toys that help kids learn how to live in harmony with the environment.

Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh, is a visual onslaught of colour, vibrancy and retro chic that challenges the concept of tastefulness yet always manages to stay just on the right side of gaudy!

Leave it to the Campana Brothers to get creative with LACOSTE ~ a special collection of shirts using the little gator patches in ways you may have never pictured

John Briscella does the Urban Gridded Notebook Exhibition at Walking Chair Gallery (Vienna). Everyone is invited to draw on the gridded walls and other cool stuff...

The recently opened Platoon Kunsthalle offers a space for subculture in Seoul. Designed by GRAFT.

Richard J. Evans exhibited at Free Range Graduate Art & Design Show. Some really great conceptual thinking on the part of Evans that will surely peak the interest of those who follow typography and sculpture.

Pretty cool video of fashion crew BKRW (Black Rainbow) in Paris, with stop motion with a funky soundtrack.

Selfridges & Wieden + Kennedy London launch ‘Future A-Z’, 25 ‘crazy-sensible’ products for 2109. The public are invited to design the missing 26th product in the ‘IDEAX’ competition. The winner sees their idea made and exhibited in London Selfridges windows.

The “Chess Set For Tesla,” by Paul Fryer, uses 32 vacuum tubes and 64 plugs to ensure that those pieces don’t tip over during play.

Poked Studios do some really incredible illustration work in both vector and 3D. Some of the 3D stuff looks like a Pixar film... if they were on something.

Sneak peek at this year’s Architectural Association summer pavilion in Bedford Square, London - due to be unveiled tomorrow.

Gray Organschi Architecture, designed a simple barn structure where the lumber is organized on the exterior of the building, creating a wonderful mosaic-like texture that proves that functionality and aesthetics can go hand-in-hand.

Monster Pillow Fight! Amazing new giant floor pillows and scatter cushions from Vault49, Alberto Cerriteño, Poked Studio and more...

Always a sucker for nice stationery, I love this article on custom stationery from the NYTimes.